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I think you’re underestimating Paramore’s popularity
Yeah, they had easily the largest & most enthusiastic crowd of anyone at ACL W2, even headliners like RHCP, Pink & Kacey. They could be the third headliner at BC without a doubt, whether or not they have "iconic" songs.
Post by jmuppett7686 on Oct 25, 2022 8:43:32 GMT -5
I'd expect a large number of crossover with Adjacent. Definitely could see Paramore, Jimmy Eat World and Front Bottoms at the very least. None of them have played Boston in awhile. Could see Pup too since they were supposed to play in 2020. Coheed, Beach Bunny, Knocked Loose and Mannequin Pussy would be cool too and maybe even LS Dunes since their sinclair show in November is already sold out.
LOL to the guy arguing about Paramore not being able to headline, keep in mind their album is about to come out too, they would probably be able to sell out the garden or Mansfield easily and they have more listens than Nine Inch Nails and the Strokes combined, if you're looking for a measurable metric.
Also "they don't have an iconic song" is Misery Business not iconic? Feel like everyone below 30 knows that song
counterpoint, paramore headlined when we were young and 3 days of that sold out, 80k tix each day. also by that logic, NIN(unless you count the cash cover of Hurt), Mumford and Sons, Tool, Tame Impala, and The Strokes shouldnt have headlined
everyone knows that all the grandparents are rocking to travis scott
Post by lobstercorndog on Oct 25, 2022 9:09:34 GMT -5
Guys some internet dude told me the other day that paramore can’t headline Boston calling. They don’t have hits and would be a bad call for such a major festival like Boston calling. Nothing bigger than this fest. Also found out that the demographic age has shifted to the late 70s early 80s for this years edition.
Because of all of that I have no reason to think Paramore could or will ever headline Boston calling. Simply bad music because Grandma Mae didn’t recommend them to me.
counterpoint, paramore headlined when we were young and 3 days of that sold out, 80k tix each day
WWWY was a very genre-limited festival. Of course, they're a good headliner for an emo-centric fest. But Boston Calling goes overboard in trying to be everything to everyone, but without the number of stages needed to do that well, so their best top line move is to book artists with a lot of mainstream recognition. (BTW, weren't they closing a secondary stage at WWWY, with MCR the actual headliner?)
I guess we found the crusty old guy Hayley stuff into the garbage on Sunday.
Wow, surprised but maybe not surprised that Adjacent is really just a discount WWWY fest. If it wasn't MDW then i'd almost defintiely be trying to go.
As far as what this means for Boston Calling, we know Blink and Turnstile are definitely out (unfortunately.) Feels like we're probably getting Paramore, which i'm okay with but not really pumped about, assuming they're a headliner which i think they'd have to be. If they're the fourth name on the poster than i am 100% on board (but i don't think that's realistic.)
Would love some combo of Andrew McMahon, The Starting Line, Jimmy Eat World, PUP, Bleachers, Jeff Rosenstock, Front Bottoms, and Idles... and that's in order of preference. Please, even just 3-4 of those 8 and i'd be pretty happy.
Ain’t It Fun is probably bigger than every Miley song except Party in the USA
Hannah Montana, The Voice, an album with The Flaming Lips, hosting SNL, someone to whom the tabloids pay a lot of attention, covers of classic late 70's-mid 80's new wave standards...that cuts across a lot of different demographics and will move a lot of festival passes.
Paramore is a fine booking as a Red or Blue closer, but they're not big enough to headline Boston Calling.
Also "they don't have an iconic song" is Misery Business not iconic? Feel like everyone below 30 knows that song
nah your 87 year old grandma needs to be a bigger fan than you for them to be a Boston calling headliner everyone knows this
It's not an iconic song if it's only well-known to a particular demographic. If everyone from little kids to senior citizens know the song, it's iconic.
nah your 87 year old grandma needs to be a bigger fan than you for them to be a Boston calling headliner everyone knows this
It's not an iconic song if it's only well-known to a particular demographic. If everyone from little kids to senior citizens know the song, it's iconic.
I think you’re underestimating Paramore’s popularity
Yeah, they had easily the largest & most enthusiastic crowd of anyone at ACL W2, even headliners like RHCP, Pink & Kacey. They could be the third headliner at BC without a doubt, whether or not they have "iconic" songs.
There's another good reason why they shouldn't headline Boston Calling. Does it really make sense to book an artist that's headlining another festival happening a few hundred miles away on the same weekend? If you live in the northeast and you'd travel to see Paramore headline a festival, aren't you more likely to opt for the lineup filled with acts that play music that's at least somewhat similar to Paramore, over a festival that tries to do a little bit of everything?
Post by trantsgiving on Oct 25, 2022 22:35:07 GMT -5
good thing 2022 Boston Calling headliner The Strokes meet all the requirements set forth today. Both my 3 year old nephew and 80 year old grandmother knows Last Nite.
good thing 2022 Boston Calling headliner The Strokes meet all the requirements set forth today. Both my 3 year old nephew and 80 year old grandmother knows Last Nite.
They don't, but there are a few exceptions to the rule, such as an artist not having played a city in 10 years or more. The Strokes haven't played here since 2006. Another exception is when a band reunites after having called it quits over 10 years ago, or reunites their classic lineup. (The artist may not be huge, but they've become a bucket list act for a lot of people by that time with either exception to the rule. That appeal wanes in a market, however, by the second visit to a city after a long drought or band breakup. The Strokes are a great Boston Calling headliner right now. But if they announced two nights at MGM Music Hall or one show at TD Garden or Agganis to take place in December or January, they'd become a bad BC top line booking because they would have dropped off a lot of bucket lists after playing Boston.)
An urban festival designed, first and foremost, to attract people who live in and near that city (and, more broadly, within a two hour driving radius) will primarily book to serve that particular market and secondarily book to attract distant travelers. Boston Calling booked Eminem and Tool as headliners, in part, because neither had played Boston in a long while. Metallica had played the stadium halfway between Boston and Providence in 2017, but hadn't played in Boston since 2009.
There are big differences in the booking approach to festivals primarily designed to appeal to a local market and festivals which are primarily built to get people to travel long distances. The latter tend to be either single or limited genre festivals with a lineup irresistible to people who like that genre, or festivals like Bonnaroo, Lolla, and ACL which are so large that they can pull off "something for everybody" and ensure that there's enough on the poster to appeal to any festival goer to make it worth the trip for a lot of music fans.
